The Yreka Lady Miners came up short against the best team in the Northern Athletic League on Friday.

Yreka lost to Anderson at home in the regular season finale 72-32.

Yreka struggled getting points on the scoreboard from the start and found themselves down 12-5 after a quarter of play. In the second quarter, the Cubs continued to dominate and had a comfortable 32-14 advantage at the half. In the second half the Cubs continued to roll to come away with the 40-point victory. Just called up from the junior varsity squad, freshman Dynna Crawford had a good game for the Lady Miners and led the team with nine points. Erica Phillips and Justine Cota each had five points for Yreka.

Yreka fell to 12-13 for the year and 1-7 in the NAL. Anderson improved to 16-10 overall and 8-0 in the NAL. On Dec. 15, during a preseason game at a tournament in Orland, the Lady Miners had upset the Cubs 59-56.

Before the game on Friday, Katie Brummett, the lone senior on the team , was honored along with senior members of the cheer squad.

At halftime of the boys basketball game, Brummett was named homecoming queen while David Sellens was named homecoming king.

On Saturday, the Miners found out they had earned a berth in the Northern Section playoffs in Divsion 4. Yreka earned the No. 12 seed and are set to face No. 5 seed West Valley of Cottonwood on the road on Tuesday. West Valley comes in with a 12-14 record.